Hit-and-run driver kills 14-year-old walking with mother in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a girl and then fled the scene.

It happened along the 6500 block of Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia around 10 p.m. Thursday.

According to Inspector Michael Gormley, the 14-year-old girl was walking back from the store with her mother when she was hit by a driver traveling at a high rate of speed.

The girl was crossing Haverford Avenue at 66th Street when she was struck, police said.

The vehicle was described as dark in color, possibly a gray charcoal Mercedes sedan with heavy damage.

Medics pronounced the girl dead at the scene.

Officers are scouring the area for video surveillance.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.